Last year, Austrian softwood sawn timber exports (including planed timber) amounted to 6.09 million m³. In 2018, Austria exported a total of 5.93 million m³. This corresponds to a 3% increase as Statistik Austria reports.
Italy remains the main foreign market (2.64 million m³; +2%). Exports to Germany remained nearly constant at 1.04 million m³ (+1%). As in the months before, Slovenia is in third place with 699,000 m³ (+9%). Volumes sold in Japan continued to fall to 291,000 m³ (-5%).
In relative terms, softwood sawn timber exports to Croatia (212,700 m³; +19), Slovakia (93,900 m³; +17%) and China (85,300 m³; +72%) recorded double-digit increases.
Austria softwood sawn timber exports incl. planed timber (m³) January – December 2019
| Country | 2019 | 2018 | Change in % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2,644,298 | 2,605,380 | 1.5 |
| Germany | 1,036,644 | 1,026,712 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 699,482 | 640,629 | 9.2 |
| Japan | 291,000 | 305,097 | -4.6 |
| Croatia | 212,705 | 178,855 | 18.9 |
| USA | 198,911 | 186,209 | 6.8 |
| Czech Republic | 130,277 | 129,822 | 0.4 |
| Slovakia | 93,851 | 79,940 | 17.4 |
| Switzerland | 92,589 | 100,721 | -8.1 |
| China | 85,263 | 49,546 | 72.1 |
| Other countries | 604,332 | 624,626 | -3.2 |
| Total | 6,089,352 | 5,927,537 | 2.7 |
